Star Trek: Starships Model/Magazine Subscription
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The same design was seen serving in that function at the Orpheus Mining Colony in "Demons"/"Terra Prime" (ENT):
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I'm in the U.S., and I'm waiting on both the charge to my CC and shipment notification for the Europa. I'm also still waiting for the subscriber gifts, but Eaglemoss did send a pretty cool binder and an IOU with my bird of prey shipment.
The wait is killing me as the Europa is one of the ships I've been looking forward to getting. But if Eaglemoss is changing warehouses or the issues are on back order, I guess I might be waiting a little longer than normal.
The wait is killing me as the Europa is one of the ships I've been looking forward to getting. But if Eaglemoss is changing warehouses or the issues are on back order, I guess I might be waiting a little longer than normal.
I’m in the US as well & haven’t been charged yet for the Europa either. The warehouse move was in the UK so I don’t think that should affect us.
I’m wondering if it’s an issue waiting for more of the scale posters.
Finally got around to subscribing the XL line. I bought the ConnieXL way back when it was first offered (before the XL line was even a thing) and always thought it looked good at that size. Decided to start my subscription with the E-B as I always thought that was an interesting design. I know the E-D and NX-01 will be very nice due to the fact the regular subscription ships are two of the best in the entire collection. Also looking forward to when the Reliant gets released.
Got charged today to my cc so it looks like the Europa should be mailed out soon!
This might be a rather outdated post since this model came out about two and a half years ago but I like to talk about ships when I get them.
It had been a while since I'd gotten myself a model so I headed over my usual store. He didn't have anything new (I'm really interested in the Voyager prototype) but I wanted something, so after leafing through the twenty or so that he had, and briefly considering the NX-Alpha, I went with Number 73, the Borg renegade ship.
I'm probably not the first to say this, but I'm struck by the small scale. I know they're usually limited by the dimensions of the box, but I think they could've made this one a bit bigger. Obviously when you scale down the really big ships, it can impact the detail a lot (as of course, Borg ships on the shows typically have a lot of detail). It's not one of the more impressive models, but I think my expectations where fairly low to begin with.
One thing that's as odd as the ship design itself is the design of the stand. This is the first time I've seen a "dish" component (kind of like that glass butter container that older people often seem to have) that the ship rests in, rather than forks clamping on, like most ships. (If they'd thought to do this with the Borg sphere, those holes on the top and bottom wouldn't be necessary). Moreover the only way to get the stand in the base is so that the model is facing sideways. I almost wonder if whoever was in charge of designing the stands wasn't sure how this ship was supposed to be oriented (and to be fair, it's not all that clear to the unfamiliar eye, unlike most ships). I could see someone mistakenly assuming, for instance, that the smaller pod on the "arm" is actually the front and that the bulky section on the other end being some sort of engine block at the rear.
This is not a ship I expect I'll be picking up off the shelf to look at very much (as opposed to, say the Defiant or Delta Flyer or even the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser) but I'm glad to have it. I may even pull out my TNG blu-rays in the next day or two and rewatch the "Descent" 2-parter to compare it.
It had been a while since I'd gotten myself a model so I headed over my usual store. He didn't have anything new (I'm really interested in the Voyager prototype) but I wanted something, so after leafing through the twenty or so that he had, and briefly considering the NX-Alpha, I went with Number 73, the Borg renegade ship.
I'm probably not the first to say this, but I'm struck by the small scale. I know they're usually limited by the dimensions of the box, but I think they could've made this one a bit bigger. Obviously when you scale down the really big ships, it can impact the detail a lot (as of course, Borg ships on the shows typically have a lot of detail). It's not one of the more impressive models, but I think my expectations where fairly low to begin with.
One thing that's as odd as the ship design itself is the design of the stand. This is the first time I've seen a "dish" component (kind of like that glass butter container that older people often seem to have) that the ship rests in, rather than forks clamping on, like most ships. (If they'd thought to do this with the Borg sphere, those holes on the top and bottom wouldn't be necessary). Moreover the only way to get the stand in the base is so that the model is facing sideways. I almost wonder if whoever was in charge of designing the stands wasn't sure how this ship was supposed to be oriented (and to be fair, it's not all that clear to the unfamiliar eye, unlike most ships). I could see someone mistakenly assuming, for instance, that the smaller pod on the "arm" is actually the front and that the bulky section on the other end being some sort of engine block at the rear.
This is not a ship I expect I'll be picking up off the shelf to look at very much (as opposed to, say the Defiant or Delta Flyer or even the Jem'Hadar battle cruiser) but I'm glad to have it. I may even pull out my TNG blu-rays in the next day or two and rewatch the "Descent" 2-parter to compare it.
Prompted by the Borg probe, I also pulled my Eaglemoss and non-Eaglemoss Borg ships again, including issue 73.
I like the size, actually, though it may make you underestimate how ginormous the ship is in-universe.
As a kid, I found it ugly and didn’t like it because I prefer symmetrical ships. I came to love the design - known as Borg Type 03 Vessel (presumably cube is type 1 and Hugh’s scour is No. 2) - because it’s a playable ship in Star Trek: Armada II.
The WizKids model of Lore’s vessel is called the Soong. In the Star Trek novels and in STO, Hugh has renamed it the Liberator, and it’s the flagship of the emerging interstellar nation of the Borg Cooperative/The Liberated.
In Armada, the ship is smaller than Lore’s vessel, and is called an Assimilator. Surpassingly, it travels backward - “elbow” first, “fist” pointing back. The arm also slopes forward more, and the bottom pyramid is not as tall. Plus, it’s black rather than grey.
Coming back to the Borg probe, I was equally surprised when I replayed the game this week and realised that the Borg probe model used in-game is actually a modification of the Federation holoship, rather than the “Dark Frontier” configuration.
I like the size, actually, though it may make you underestimate how ginormous the ship is in-universe.
As a kid, I found it ugly and didn’t like it because I prefer symmetrical ships. I came to love the design - known as Borg Type 03 Vessel (presumably cube is type 1 and Hugh’s scour is No. 2) - because it’s a playable ship in Star Trek: Armada II.
The WizKids model of Lore’s vessel is called the Soong. In the Star Trek novels and in STO, Hugh has renamed it the Liberator, and it’s the flagship of the emerging interstellar nation of the Borg Cooperative/The Liberated.
In Armada, the ship is smaller than Lore’s vessel, and is called an Assimilator. Surpassingly, it travels backward - “elbow” first, “fist” pointing back. The arm also slopes forward more, and the bottom pyramid is not as tall. Plus, it’s black rather than grey.
Coming back to the Borg probe, I was equally surprised when I replayed the game this week and realised that the Borg probe model used in-game is actually a modification of the Federation holoship, rather than the “Dark Frontier” configuration.
Which BoP? The one from "Balance of Terror" or the one from "Minefield"? (It still bugs me that the 22nd century ship looks more advanced and "Warbird"-like than a ship seen over a hundred years later, so that one's not exactly a priority for me).
This one.
New survey from Eaglemoss! Topic: potential future vehicles in Alien+Predator Collection.
https://www.quicksurveys.com/tqsruntime/main?surveyData=FsnkP6mZZFv5h1t8a6pO6n66xFtdUs8FM9/l6wLTpho=
https://www.quicksurveys.com/tqsruntime/main?surveyData=FsnkP6mZZFv5h1t8a6pO6n66xFtdUs8FM9/l6wLTpho=
Putting it side by side with the regular Voyager, the dorsal details appear more crisp on the newer model.
Side note, remember the Enterprise-C concept model? The ship type becomes playable in Star Trek Online later today, and is called Narendra class. Story is, Probert’s original design couldn’t be realised in 2319 because it was ahead of its time. The newly launched class was named in honor of the 2344 event.
In a post in the Eaglemoss fan group on Facebook, somebody called it Diplomat class. I like both names.
Also, with printing available, we can eventually compare the Eaglemoss model with the GameprInt product.
from the facebook fan group:
Sigh.
Study models? Seriously? The Voyager one I will grant is...interesting. But in the main range?
Also..whale probe is not too simple, it would just be harder to get a decent paint job on and wouldn’t be cheap to make look decent.
Am already looking at the third variant of the same ship feeling suspiciously like I have udders ina vice.
Whale probe sounds about right.
where's my son'a ships???
I know! On screen, cg model available if the ask the STO team nicely (since I heard the assets from the film are lost) and really a bloody simple shape. But no. Let’s bust out the cardboard and marker models and slap a number issue on the range. Subscribers are just underwriting a merch line at this point.
XL E-A came in yesterday. Must say, it was such a missed opportunity. Everything from the neck down was damn near perfect. If they'd have just redone the primary hull it would have been perfect. Sigh...
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